The Public Restroom Knock

[Divinus Arma]

So, I was dropping a deuce in a public restroom a few weeks back and somebody knocks on the door. I knocked back to let him know the restroom was occupied.

It got me thinking: What do most people do?

I've heard people say "occupied", or most frequently "Ya?"


What do you do when somebody knocks on the door while you are "deploying a seal team"?

[Major Robert Dump]

if the locked door doesn"t get them the point and they persist in trying to get it open i usually say "hey!" or "go away"

if i try to get into one and its locked i take the hint and go wait somewhere

[Beirut]

Oh my, this brings back memories.

Back around '82, I was a security guard at an office building in Montreal. We get a fire alarm on the 15th floor. I fly up and clear the floor (including the bathrooms) I had to go into the women's can and make sure it was empty. I open the door and yell out who I am and what's going on and ask if anyone's there. Then I do it again because I see a closed stall. A third time...

"Security guard! We have a possible fire on this floor, is anybody in here?!?" Finally this woman in the stall answers feebly, in an blisteringly annoyed voice, "Yes... I'm in here".

"Well sorry lady, but if you can hurry up and finish peeing, the building would like to burn down if you don't mind."

Anyway, false alarm. But seriously, some people...

[Ianofsmeg16]

Y'see my friends don't knock...they throw small pebbles at you until you get out...finished or not

[naut]

I don't ever use public toilets, as they usually are to disgusting to even go near.

[nokhor]

that's easy. this anus is too hoighty toighty for [sneer] public restrooms. ony the commodes of registered kith and kin for me. which have locks.

[InsaneApache]

I remember the toilets at Burnden Park....but then I'm probably suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

[Idaho]

I have heard US toilets are weird and have a large gap at the bottom of the door.

I usually say "You can come in if you want, but you'll have to sit on my lap".

[Sjakihata]

I don't ever use public toilets, as they usually are to disgusting to even go near.

well, sometimes there really isnt no other option

[naut]

I have heard US toilets are weird and have a large gap at the bottom of the door.

I usually say "You can come in if you want, but you'll have to sit on my lap".

Ha

[Devastatin Dave]

So, I was dropping a deuce in a public restroom a few weeks back and somebody knocks on the door. I knocked back to let him know the restroom was occupied.

It got me thinking: What do most people do?

I've heard people say "occupied", or most frequently "Ya?"


What do you do when somebody knocks on the door while you are "deploying a seal team"?

That's why I always carry a couple of cups of chocolate pudding. If someone knowcks I try to work out a large fart, or immitate one with my mouth and chunk some pudding near the stall door just close enough near the edge of the door that the person can see. I'll then announce, "Uhhhhh, ohhh, god!!!". Usually the person gets the idea.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

I say "eh? what? eh?"

One time on a train, I happened to be taking a crap. It was a serious hungover crap. The drinking had happened in England and I was on my way back to God's own country, just got over the border, a good hour or two before I had to change train.

Anyway, some annoying woman kept bothering the door. I kept saying "eh?" or "what?".

10 minutes or so into my solid guiness expulsion I looked up to find a guard had opened the toilet door with some special key and saw a woman (whom I assume was the one bothering me) standing beside him looking all p****d off, both of them staring in at me (I hope they enjoyed that fresh guiness smell).

I've got to give her credit for her persistence, but still what a cow. It's not my fault if I found the only toilet on the train that wasn't covered in the mess of other people's toilet going.

The moral of the story is that being more explicit may help, she may have understood better if I'd said "excuse me but I am pooping, please go away" rather than "eh?". Maybe not though.

[English assassin]

I've got to give her credit for her persistence, but still what a cow. It's not my fault if I found the only toilet on the train that wasn't covered in the mess of other people's toilet going.
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...which you then used for a fifteen minute hangover crap.

What took you so long mate, I always find the Guinness helps things along right speedily....

Anyway, to answer the question, a sort of wordless noise intended to convey the meaning of "yes, I know you are there, but I'm busy, and in any case I'd give it a few minutes if I were you." Method acting, you know.

[yesdachi]

I suppose if I had to drop the kids off at swim class and someone was stupid enough to not notice the door being locked I would just say “yes?”.

[Kanamori]

I rarely use them, but I would probably say "go away, I'm in here." It's easy enough when you're walking in to look for feet.

[ZombieFriedNuts]

I flush
Is it just me or if someone sees you coming out of a toilet do you get embarrassed.

[solypsist]

my boisterous singing is usually signal enough that the w.c. is occupied.

[Byzantine Prince]

well, sometimes there really isnt no other option

There is alwasy another option.

[Kralizec]

If I'm in a restroom stall, people usually know

[Alexanderofmacedon]

"Wait your d*** turn!"

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Some euphemisms I hadn't heard before here in this thread.

Usually I use "excuse me" or "occupado" to get the point across. The latter will be especially useful in the near the near future...

[spmetla]

I usually just go "yeah", "busy", or "occupied". Worst ones are at some of the public restrooms on my island, for somereason people have this compulsion to rip the doors or locks of the stalls. I've more than a few time had to use my knee to bar the door so that when someone checks they know it's taken, I've also found just whistling seems to give a clue as well.

Don't you hate it when there's a whole row of unoccupied toilets or worse urinals and someone takes the one next to you and trys to start a conversation? Freaking wierd man!